A wet and I think rather sad looking Florida Burrowing Owl. Image captured in Cape Coral, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F4.5-5.6 VR AF-S ED, camera and lens supported by a Oben carbon fiber monopod with a Wimberly MonoGimbal head
1/250 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1250 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 400mm (600mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed using Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2023 and Topaz Denoise AI
Cropped for composition and presentation
12-10-2022, 03:13 PM
Randy Stout
Joe:
He looks pretty grumpy to me! Great eyes, soft BG, nice to see the feet so well displayed, comp. works well for this pose.
I might consider a sliver more contrast on the bird.
Randy
12-10-2022, 03:55 PM
Colin Driscoll
Very neat shot Joe, love the stance and attitude of this little fellow. There is a slight blue cast.
12-10-2022, 07:26 PM
Daniel Cadieux
I love the cleaner surroundings here, for a great view of the talons. The wet and grumpy look is humorous in a good way. I'd be tempted to remove the bits of green vegetation touching the lower left edge, but overall nice presentation.
12-11-2022, 05:50 AM
Jonathan Ashton
Super shot, he looks as if present and ready for duty. I like the colours but as was suggested a few days ago on one of my images a slight adjustment in colour temperature may enhance the owl.
12-11-2022, 12:48 PM
Andreas Liedmann
Hi Joe .. cool shot of this " sad " looking owl :bg3:.
Looks like she had a hard wash by the rain ... love those eyes . A comical frame ...
I like it as presented and TFS Andreas
BTW ... IQ is very good
12-12-2022, 01:59 PM
Dorian Anderson
Fun frame - dude doesn't look happy. The view of the legs and feet is great. I the image is a bit cool/blue, and I think you could bump the global exposure a bit as the frame feels a bit flat now. I like the specular highlights at upper left.